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protesters are rallying again Saturday in

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Washington and other u.s.

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Cities against the death of George Floyd
an African-American man who died after

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being restrained by

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a white policeman demonstrations demanding
racial justice and systemic reforms

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erupted in major cities after Floyd's May
25th death and have continued daily for

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nearly 2 weeks in Australia demonstrations
were held in Melbourne Adelaide and

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Sydney we get more from Phil Mercer New
South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian how

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to demonstrate is to stay away
we wouldn't ever want to be in

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a position with paypal I deny that
expression afraid and that do it in

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a different way we cannot have thousands
and thousands of people gathering together

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and it only takes

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a couple want to keep able to have the
forest those days were ignored by tens of

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thousands of people in Sydney who marched
in solidarity with protesters in the

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United States they also wanted to highlight
temperate you know deaths in custody as

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well as the treatment by the police and the
criminal justice system of Australia's

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indigenous people there were other large
rallies in Melbourne Adelaide in Bray's

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been they were reportedly almost entirely
peaceful and without incident film

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a sip of v.o.a.

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News Sydney. Thousands gathered in
London Saturday to hold an anti-racist

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demonstration in solidarity with
protests taking place in the u.s.

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And

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a similar protest was held in Paris 15000
people demonstrated against the death of

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George Floyd and police brutality and Garland
Alexander Square demonstrations were

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also held in Seoul South Korea and Tokyo
Japan for more on these stories visit

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v.o.a. News dot com This is v.o.a.

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News. 2 Buffalo police
officers seen on video

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shutting

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a 75 year old man to the ground severely
injuring him now facing 2nd degree assault

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charges we get more from A.P.'s Julie
Walker offices Robert McCabe in Atlanta Ga

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ski turn themselves in Saturday pleaded
not guilty and were released without bail

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they were already suspended after the
video went viral from the state so when

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Martin did you know knocked to the ground.
Blood coming from his head one officer

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stopping zigzag another pushing him
along the last one the yes the.

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County d.a.

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John Flynn and the other down in practice
have the practice go. That's what you

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don't do dozens of Buffalo police officers
angered over the suspension stepped down

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from the department's ground control unit
Friday I'm Julie Walker Libyan strongman

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Holyfield huffed are has backed

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a cease fire in Libya starting Monday we
get more from Edward Uranian in Cairo

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Egyptian president of the Fatah Al
c. C met with General huffed r.

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And the head of the Libyan House of
Representatives a keyless Salam and called for

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a ceasefire beginning Monday June 8 then
will buy the whole death among them

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Egypt's initiatives is based on the respect
of all international resolutions and

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calls for

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a ceasefire beginning Monday at 6 am in
addition to that with thrall of all foreign

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mercenaries from the entire country and
the dismantling of all militias to allow

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the Libyan army and the security forces
to exert control responding to the cease

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fire call Khaled augment surely head of
the Tripoli government's presidential

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council told Al Jazeera t.v.

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That Libya doesn't need another peace
initiative and he claims the tough to his

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forces now have suffered defeat and should
not be trying to dictate the terms of an

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agreement. Ed Uranian for Vo Anges Cairo

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a reenergized tropical storm crystal ball
advance toward the United States Gulf

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Coast early Saturday bringing with it heavy
rains that have already caused flooding

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and mudslides in Mexico and Central America
the National Hurricane Center in Miami

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said Saturday the storm was expected to
slowly strengthen until it makes landfall

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Sunday night along the u.s.

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Gulf Coast the Hurricane Center said the
storm could cause heavy rains from East

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Texas to Florida this weekend
and into early next week

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a tropical storm watch was posted for
the northern Gulf of Mexico coast from

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Intracoastal City Louisiana to the Alabama
Florida border reporting by remote I'm

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David Bird.

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Hello everyone welcome to music time
in Africa your host Heather Maxwell

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broadcasting from the
v.o.a. . Washington d.c.

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. Are you already getting
an African. Pope so got

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some show for you my playlist is
called talents of the international

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superstars these icons about music. And
also this if you haven't even heard.

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That this is the place you can't expect
it's you know all the great artists and

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that's that's not possible but my job to
know and so I'm bringing Syria each week

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today you're going to hear mazing music
artists from Mali Syria Sierra Leone

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Alawi Guinea whole goal Egypt
you know fossil and Nigeria.

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I've also got 2 special guests 1st
we'll go global from the gold and he

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joins me in the studio with my song. You
know 4 percent song of the week which gets

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the whole song called So Ok Whoa. Whoa
whoa whoa this maze in the Washington d.c.

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Area just one of the musical world songs
so we're going to listen to it together

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and get inside the house from pople is
doing it feelin now that he's earned this

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a 2nd and I wrote be based reporter believe
he needs something with it in singer

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songwriter Diana my own to get to
know Diana. Samples of her new

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e.p.

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Called her. Up right sit back
relax and let's roll up kick

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it off the top of the
hour here. With. With

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sway she says go out there.

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Hello music lovers that was from Ghana
kick and us off this our music time in

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Africa I'm Heather Maxwell I don't want is
one of Northern Nigeria's biggest stars

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as an actor and

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a singer. Is the song most popular at
weddings all throughout northern Nigeria the

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lyrics simply state the facts so women
can't resist dancing when they hear this

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song.

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Yes All right that was someone get. One
job from that old state Nigeria or your

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morning commute from Marty
you are listening. From

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a car I heard the next day I. Swear.

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Between 201-2014 say dude.
Aka Kanazawa assembled this

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fantastic Aleph combat this is the lead
off track from the album media released

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2016 in the message is African leaders
wake up he says put an end to

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Africa's needless and deadly
poverty now I want to take

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a moment here too and just say let's
have this peace also pay respects to the

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families of the 160 victims who lost their
lives in the March 24th massacre in

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Mobile SAGAL region Mali.

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What.

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Ok everybody does have

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a Maxwell in you just heard cars away
orchestra modern yet still and chanting

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sounds of the Pentagon that
ball of phone from broken

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a fossil and once again our hearts go out
also to the victims of the March 24th

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massacre so sad so sad and Molly
his neighbor to the west.

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To go market and we and i b m look down
to Heather Maxwell music Simon Agricola

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b o

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a sudden. Change of pace and this is. My

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Hamza not me from Egypt the video to this
song has roughly 100000000 views on You

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Tube sings Oh my heart you've been

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a stray for so long changed.

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Only Brooklyn. To me.

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To. Be.

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Made known to. Be
non-ethnic big movie. Big

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move fame. I used to move. To some.

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Would call the phone. Book
put him on the boat. To

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Iowa. With the one guy off the
phone to the book in the.

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Morning move the thing.

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To. The ball.

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Going to. The be. The best.

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Post in the guts to. Come up with the.

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Top of. The big mob

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scene. While Paul Monk only beat
the song more to do what comes

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to you than something.
Good fog Mostly I need

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to be

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a lot more to homonyms to see. Some good.

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Why. Music time in our free car only you
to look at these interviews live Foreman

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says I'm also music video getting in one
place music time in Africa used to China.

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How right hello my darlings one of Guinea's
all time classic songs that's still as

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hot as it ever was since its release
in 99 is. In the language of polo or

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Fulani. Petitio also known as the phrase

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the gentle sings caressing me my
darling from head to toe. To.

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Live.

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Liz.

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Claiborne.

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Played. Live.

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Live live.

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Luck. Please.

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Play.

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Live.

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Play.

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Live.

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Play. Play

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play play. Play.

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Play. Play live.

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Luck

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the lead

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Lucky lucky.

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That was more non-biased roll from good
name Hello Love is this is music time in

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Africa now we're going to move to
Mali for the. Single month and

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Song of the week with. My
special studio told from told.

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There.

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Is music time going. On but as

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the song as we. All right
hello everybody hi how

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are you this is song of the week and we
are really lucky today because we have in

00:31:46
the studio not just by me off Henri who
is always fun to have we also have the

00:31:52
artist love the song of the
week goal. Great highlight of

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the song Good how are you it is great to
have you on set Thanks now don't bowl live

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in the Washington d.c.

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Area and he's from oh but he lives
here and he just won an award

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right here in Washington d.c.

00:32:15
Called Wanda or they call it the
way I mean. It's Washington Area

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Music Awards kind of like the Grammys but
they call them the plan when he says he

00:32:27
won best world music artist
and group of the year.

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With this song and the song is
called. Hey well what is so here we

00:32:41
forgive them what are you talking
to. Believe forgiveness is

00:32:47
a great. Christmas

00:32:54
thing you. Yes And I think in the final
victory to the end I really believe that

00:32:58
people should forgive an act of bad things
that's beautiful What inspired you to do

00:33:04
that now is there something that some
bad thing happened to you not just me.

00:33:10
Everybody I think something of Hobson fell
into because oh Ok well let's listen to

00:33:15
the song and I will come back.
From Koko with Kwame from the

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concept of soft. To. Be.

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Good. To see jogging

00:33:41
a lot. To meet

00:33:48
you all because you are
doing good. Morning.

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Good morning.

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Leon with. The you.

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Know. The Elite.

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The in the of. The world

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the one. The long.

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a. A

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a. A. A. A

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. Business. Just

00:36:55
a more urgent song this is song Domo and
I want to ask you 1st of all how you

00:37:01
feel about winning the award let's just
come back to the ward real quick how do you

00:37:05
feel Were you surprised yes surprised when
I didn't go to the ceremony because I

00:37:10
thought I would not win. Well you.

00:37:19
Kind of knew this is like the
single it's not an album Oh this is

00:37:24
a new of the 1st year already such

00:37:26
a project and I look up to my country
also the guys and I'm like whoa. A bit of

00:37:32
film and drugs I think it was your in your
boxers that long. And that is it I think

00:37:38
. That's something to talk about this I
know you and here in Washington but you

00:37:45
said that you were told all that's where
you're going more to this song women told

00:37:51
police and women at tell us all that I like
people to talk about specific me yes I

00:37:58
go through the record my songs because I
believe what I'm lookin into these songs

00:38:03
I'll find them better musicians to come
here. With such as we went to the city I

00:38:10
didn't plan to outdo the women in the song
but then when we you know I was in my

00:38:16
area and then I saw them singing and. We
should sing together like Ok would you

00:38:23
and I went and laid on my guitar and I
played and then I go you like so you went to

00:38:28
the studio I'll be dizzy just one mike
in front of them and it's going to go by

00:38:34
a bit like it's very. Wrong for
them so I agreed to on the floor.

00:38:42
Of the plane also he's going to into the
studio they want to dismiss them saying

00:38:45
one by one I'm like. Because that's not
how they're claim not yet here they were.

00:38:52
Very few and so because. And. Like

00:38:59
I say. My parents are not from the
south so I was not like born in

00:39:04
a village. Something. Along with. The

00:39:10
elders in me something mean sometimes
some friends. Even some English to

00:39:16
a what I used to basically I
don't know I don't think it was

00:39:20
a long way. So. What he would say

00:39:27
like if someone. People just that

00:39:34
expression if they say you know.

00:39:43
I'm going to remember that line all right
well it's been wonderful having you here

00:39:47
do you have any anything you'd like
to say. Listeners out there check.

00:39:54
From the one You Tube and go on Facebook
check out go from. You know listen

00:40:01
to the words music trends out

00:40:03
a little bit more and we're going to do
better than what we're doing now but what I

00:40:08
can tell you have is that next year you're
going to hear something really sound

00:40:12
something where his arm when it's

00:40:14
a celebrity had the 1st 10 seconds you know
he's the music there you go. Ask thanks

00:40:19
so much don't go this is Heather Maxwell
This is crime you know something here for

00:40:23
you know and always song. Music I mean

00:40:30
I'm pretty new to you know line for the
live stream right is 900 Saturdays and

00:40:36
Sundays it's 915202200 plus
old time good to you know

00:40:42
a News dot com complete list
and then choose to Africa.

00:40:50
And All right hello everybody I've still
got the goal and Kwame with. In the studio

00:40:55
Oh we're going to listen to
some more music so Next up is

00:40:59
a brand new song by Maggie sea
theories from Monrovia is called Pop

00:41:04
a guy. Next

00:43:35
stop we are going to listen to a song by

00:43:37
a movie from food as in both Serrano and
then we'll go to in Nairobi and meet

00:43:43
singer songwriter young that don't know
who my own days they tune in to find.

00:43:53
Some of.

00:44:01
The to. Say.

00:44:49
That.

00:45:00
Ok.

00:45:08
Ok.

00:45:18
Thanks.

00:45:46
So. Much. For giving.

00:45:53
Us.

00:46:07
A. Yes this is Kwame on the
Mikey just ahead the from Bo

00:46:13
And now let's meet our 2nd feature artists
by way of food and now will be buying

00:46:19
your. Music This is music
time in Africa thank

00:46:26
you. And I'm delighted
to be in the company

00:46:33
all my undead and I'm my own
day yes. Singer songwriter

00:46:39
stage performer Yes recording and
performing business and content creator

00:46:46
never became wonderful then what are we
going to open this conversation read select

00:46:50
one of the trucks let's start with Nairobi
because that's where I'm from. It's the

00:46:55
city that I truly truly deeply love where
I've been born and raised and I just love

00:46:59
everyone in Nairobi and want
to send love this song. To me

00:47:06
and. To.

00:47:14
Me. And.

00:47:34
I. Saw that so and I will be my only that

00:47:41
song and I will be decides to start paying
tribute to the cd which I suppose you

00:47:45
were born and brought up to the musical
connection that you made because I was

00:47:50
saying that it's we saw the same time given
to this very contemporary edge wanted

00:47:54
to make

00:47:55
a song there was some sort of. Them for
young people or for myself. Living

00:48:03
in Nairobi is such an interesting human
experience in terms of striving to be our

00:48:09
best to making something out of nothing
and I wanted to celebrate that celebrate

00:48:15
the people of narrow beam and so when
this melody came to mind I rushed to

00:48:22
one of my producer friends who really loved
it and he helped me put it together and

00:48:27
Broadstone each year on board. And yes
that's the rapper who I collaborated with

00:48:33
the end it's just become this beautiful
song that connects me with people in my

00:48:39
city whenever I perform it live in people
sing along it really is like an anthem on

00:48:43
music time enough from the Nairobi view
speaking to my own the latest project which

00:48:49
is

00:48:49
a lot of. Programming you can really get
something else from around the world watch

00:48:54
your show. Well I just read
another single from the e.p.a.

00:49:00
Last month.

00:49:44
So we're just. In

00:49:51
different parts of the. Transition
would be like get down near

00:49:57
a lake let's get. Let's have

00:50:01
a good time. That wonderful thank
you me on the wonderful wonderful

00:50:08
doesn't know what's what's

00:50:09
a lost going to please
let's play party nation. I

00:50:15
listening to music time in
Africa with. My young to

00:50:22
a having me. There

00:50:41
. Is

00:50:43
a special talent and the track
is called nation. Music. Thanks

00:50:55
so much Bill this next song is spoil you
with love by Joseph Dean featuring k.z.

00:51:01
And marvelous and. In the.

00:51:56
By the way I'm going to explain.

00:52:15
How it's.

00:52:44
Going to play

00:52:44
a game. Playing. You

00:53:10
.

00:53:52
Make it.

00:54:00
All right everybody hello that was spoil
you with I have Dean featuring marvelous

00:54:06
mc this is how the Maxwell music time
after without one last song I saw. This

00:54:12
is his recent and last album on

00:54:15
a full blown lead off track. The be.

00:54:24
The best.

00:54:33
The best.

00:55:30
The be.

00:55:39
Glad.

00:56:48
To eat.

00:57:06
You'll.

00:57:46
Get the.

00:58:00
Fuel.

00:58:05
Leaks. We've. Got

00:58:11
the.

00:58:16
Fuel

00:58:22
except.

00:58:28
6. Weeks

00:58:34
you'll

00:58:45
. Accept

00:58:48
the.

00:58:55
All right that was where I went ahead by
Sally and it is time to say goodbye thanks

00:59:01
so much for hanging with me this weekend
well me and both I'm told go go well

00:59:08
yes and I say good bye good bye all
right and also Camejo for you.

00:59:15
Anyway thanks everybody we hope you have

00:59:17
a wonderful week and we hope that you
join us again next weekend on our f.m.

00:59:22
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Heather Maxwell music time in Africa till

00:59:47
next week stay beautiful
people stay blasts.

01:00:01
This is v.o.a.

01:00:02
News reporting by remote
I'm David Byrd. Thousands

01:00:09
of protesters are rallying
in Washington and other u.s.

01:00:13
Cities against the death of George Floyd
an African-American man who died in police

01:00:19
custody in Minneapolis Minnesota
demonstrations demanding racial justice and

01:00:24
systemic reform.

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